4. The score shall be kept by a special marker, or by the competitors noting each other's scores. The scores marked shall be checked at the finish of each hole. On completion of the course, the score of the player shall be signed by the person keeping the score and handed to the Secretary. 5. If a ball be lost, the player shall return as nearly as possible to the spot where the ball was struck, tee another ball, and lose a stroke. If the lost ball be found before he has struck the other ball, the first shall continue in play. 6. If the player's ball strike himself, or his clubs, or caddie, or if, in the act of playing, the player strike the ball twice, the penalty shall be one stroke. 7. If a competitor's ball strike the other player, or his clubs, or caddie, it is a "rub of the green," and the ball shall be played from where it lies. 8. A ball may, under a penalty of two strokes, be lifted out of a difficulty of any description, and be teed behind same. 9. All balls shall be holed out, and when play is on the putting-green, the flag shall be removed, and the competitor whose ball is nearest the hole shall have the option of holing out first, or of lifting his ball, if it be in such a position that it might, if left, give an advantage to the other competitor. Throughout the green a competitor can have the other competitor's ball lifted, if he find that it interferes with his stroke. 10. A competitor may not play with a professional, and he may not receive advice from any one but his caddie. A fore-caddie may be employed. 11. Competitors may not discontinue play because of bad weather. 12. The penalty for a breach of any rule shall be disqualification. 13. Any dispute regarding the play shall be determined by the Green Committee. 14. The ordinary Rules of Golf, so far as they are not at variance with the special rules, shall apply to medal play. GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS USED IN THE GAME OF GOLF. _Addressing the Ball_: When the player puts himself in position to strike the ball. _Approach_: When the player is sufficiently near the hole to be able to drive the ball to the putting-green his stroke is called the "approach shot." _Baff_: To strike the ground with the "sole" of the club-head in playing. This sends ball high in air and causes it to fall "dead." _Baffy_: A wooden club much lofted in the face. _Bent_: Rough, coarse grass on seaside greens. _Bogey_, _Colonel_: A score, usually par play, fixed for each hole. _Bone_: A piece of ram's horn or other substance inserted in the sole of the club to prevent it from splitting. _Borrow_: When the player, on a sloping putting-green, plays the ball up the slope a little way. _Bottom_: Putting back-spin on a ball. _Brassey_: A wooden club with a brass sole. _Break-club_: An obstacle lying near a ball of such a nature as might injure the club when played. _Bulger_: A wooden club with a convex face. _Bunker_: A sand-pit.